Past Speakers 2017
| Spring Semester 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 21.02.2017 | Prof. Matthias Erb, IPS | Secondary Metabolites as Determinants of Plant-Herbivore Interactions Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 28.02.2017 | PD Dr. Jörg Romeis, Agroscope | Assessing the environmental risk of insect-resistant transgenic plants Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 07.03.2017 | Dr. Jeff Pettis, Institute of Bee Health, University of Bern | Effects of climate change on pollinator health and survival Organiser: Prof. Dr. P. Neumann |
| 14.03.2017 | Aoife McLysaght, Trinity College Dublin | Dosage sensitive genes in evolution and disease Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 21.03.2017 | Prof. Catherine Graham , WSL | Linking patterns and processes across scales: a case study with Neotropical Hummingbirds Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 28.03.2017 | Prof. Judith Mank, University College London | The genetic causes and consequences of sexual selection Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 04.04.2017 | Prof. Patrizia d'Ettorre , Université Paris XIII | Recognition of identity and cognitive abilities in ants Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 11.04.2017 | Dr. Ben Woodcock, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK | Managing bees in agriculture: Providing pollination in a hostile environment Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 25.04.2017 | Prof. Regina Lindborg, Stockholm University | Multifunctional landscapes - managing for biodiversity in semi-natural grassland systems Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 02.05.2017 | Prof. Richard Durbin, Sanger Institute, Cambridge UK | Inference of evolutionary history from whole genome sequences Organiser: Prof. Dr. Laurent Excoffier |
| 09.05.2017 | Dr. Julian Glos, Universität Hamburg | Loss of functional diversity in amphibians of Madagascar Organiser: Dr. Stefan Hertwig |
| 16.05.2017 | Dr. Carole Smadja, Universität Montpellier | Speciation as a question of smell and taste: genomics of reproductive isolation in mice and aphids Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 23.05.2017 | Dr. Colin Fontaine, Centre dEcologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris | Citizen science and the temporal dynamic of natural communities Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 30.05.2017 | Exam | |
| Autumn Semester 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 19.09.2017 | Prof. Shinichi Nakagawa, The University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia | Meta-analyzing biological topics and beyond: ageing, obesity and why girls are not in STEM Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 26.09.2017 | Dr. Mark Ravinet, University of Oslo | How does introgression shape speciation? Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 03.10.2017 | Dr. Todd Katzner, Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, USA | Ecological correlates of golden eagle flight behavior inform risk from wind energy development Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 10.10.2017 | Prof. Eric Allan, IPS | Multitrophic interactions and the effects of biodiversity change on ecosystem functioning Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 17.10.2017 | Dr. Anne-Nathalie Volkoff/Dr. Jean-Michel Drezen , INRA, Montpellier/Université FR, Tour | Endogenous viruses used by parasitic wasps to deliver virulence molecules to their hosts Organiser: PD Dr. S. Klopfstein |
| 24.10.2017 | Prof. Deborah Charlesworth, University of Edinburgh | Studying the evolution of the young sex chromosome of the guppy Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 31.10.2017 | Prof. Chris Jiggins, Cambridge University | Hybridisation promotes diversity in tropical butterflies Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 07.11.2017 | Prof. John Baines, University of Kiel | The role of host genetics in shaping the diversity of mammalian host-associated microbiota Organiser: Prof. Dr. G. Heckel |
| 14.11.2017 | Prof. Benjamin Prud'homme, IBDM - Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille | Evolution of pigmentation patterns and reproductive behaviors in Drosophila species Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 21.11.2017 | Prof. Rudolf Meier, National University of Singapore | From NGS barcodes to water eDNA: How new sequencing technologies will help with biodiversity discovery and monitoring at unprecedented scales Organiser: Hannes Baur |
| 28.11.2017 | Prof. Alexandre Buttler, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Impact of climate change on mountain ecosystems in the Swiss Jura Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 05.12.2017 | Prof. Jane Stout, Trinity College Dublin | Direct interactions between invasive plants and native pollinators Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 12.12.2017 | Prof. Anna Qvarnström , Uppsala University in Sweden | Speciation - What can be learned from a flycatcher hybrid zone? Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 19.12.2017 | Exam | |